BIEDENBACH — current UNC Wilmington assistant basketball coach; led UNC Asheville to 256 wins over 17 seasons with three NCAA Tournament appearances; four-time Big South Coach of the Year; three-year starter at N.C. State and assistant on Wolfpack’s 1974 national championship team; drafted by Los Angeles Lakers of NBA, New Jersey Nets of ABA and Dallas Cowboys of NFL.

CARR — sports writer (42 years at Raleigh News and Observer as well as stints at Wallace Enterprise, Greensboro Daily News); all-conference basketball star at Wallace-Rose Hill High School three times (1959-1961); all-conference in football; four-year starter on baseball team; member of Guilford College Hall of Fame.

COLVIN — led Robbinsville High School to 11 state football titles in 18 seasons (1966-84) with career mark of 177-57-2.

DENTON — starred at Raleigh’s Enloe High School before earning All-ACC honors in all three of his varsity basketball seasons (1969-71); named All-American as senior.

GLIARMIS — standout high school athlete in Wilson before making mark in youth coaching.

HAPPER — served as chief operating officer and commissioner of Men’s Tennis Council; played tennis at UNC after winning two high school state titles in Kinston.

ROGERS — ACC Player of the Year in 1993; drafted ninth in first round of 1993 NBA draft by Denver Nuggets; 12-year pro career with eight teams; NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year in 2000.

WATERS — head football coach at Western Carolina for 20 seasons, also serving as school’s athletic director for 15 seasons; led Catamounts to national championship appearance in 1983; considered NFL’s first “shotgun” quarterback with San Francisco 49ers.